| cassia | (n) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods |
| cassia | (n) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon, Syn. cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia |
| cassia bark | (n) aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark, Syn. Chinese cinnamon |
| circassian | (n) a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia |
| circassian | (n) a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia |
| circassian | (n) a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian |
| genus cassia | (n) some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista, Syn. Cassia |
| horse cassia | (n) East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine, Syn. Cassia marginata, Cassia roxburghii |
| alexandria senna | (n) erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. true senna, Indian senna, Cassia acutifolia, tinnevelly senna, Cassia augustifolia, Senna alexandrina, Alexandrian senna |
| avaram | (n) evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. Cassia auriculata, tanner's cassia, Senna auriculata |
| coffee senna | (n) very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia, Syn. styptic weed, Cassia occidentalis, mogdad coffee, Senna occidentalis, stinking weed |
| english walnut | (n) Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated, Syn. Juglans regia, Circassian walnut, Persian walnut, English walnut tree |
| golden shower tree | (n) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia, Syn. canafistula, purging cassia, canafistola, pudding pipe tree, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree |
| partridge pea | (n) tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. sensitive pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata, wild sensitive plant, Cassia fasciculata |
| pink shower | (n) tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental, Syn. Cassia grandis, pink shower tree, horse cassia |
| rainbow shower | (n) deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red, Syn. Cassia javonica |
| ringworm bush | (n) tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Cassia alata, Senna alata |
| sicklepod | (n) cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. Senna obtusifolia, Cassia tora |
| wild senna | (n) North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. Cassia marilandica, Senna marilandica |
| Cassia | n. [ L. cassia and casia, Gr. kassi`a and kasi`a; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qetsīāh, fr. qātsa' to cut off, to peel off. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The medicinal “cassia” (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree (Cassia fistula or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cassia bark, the bark of Cinnamomum cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. --
Cassia buds, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, atc..). --
Cassia oil, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also oil of cinnamon. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Circassian | a. Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Circassia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
